<p dir="ltr">Direct line of sight -- sure. There are a few trees though, but not too big.<br>
Pringles -- tolerable.</p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Jan 25, 2015 9:33 PM, "jezra" <<a href="mailto:jezra@jezra.net">jezra@jezra.net</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Do you have direct line of sight with the hotspot hardware?<br>
Do you enjoy the taste of Pringles?<br>
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On Mon, 26 Jan 2015 01:47:37 +0000<br>
Zack Gold <<a href="mailto:zg@nblug.org">zg@nblug.org</a>> wrote:<br>
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> Hello NBLUGers,<br>
><br>
> My university doesn't provide WiFi or Ethernet access to my apartment.<br>
> They expect us to pay Time Warner Cable for Cable Internet, then they<br>
> reimburse us for the semester, which equates to about 5 Mbps.<br>
><br>
> I am not very far from campus -- about 200 feet from the nearest<br>
> hotspot. Would it be possible to pick up the signal using an<br>
> antenna? It would have to: a) be undetectable (I don't want ITS<br>
> knocking on my door), b) fast (I want to beat 5 Mbps), and, most<br>
> importantly, c) resistant to freezing cold environments (the weather<br>
> in Rochester is AWFUL -- I'm moving to California when I graduate).<br>
><br>
> Please advise, and thank you.<br>
> Zack<br>
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